The apt-get repository dosent work …i cant get them to work ive tried to add other but nothing works …whats the problem. dont have much use of the the droplets if i cant install things i need.
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Well, it’s pretty pointless if you’re not telling us any outputs you’re getting.
Well i dont seem to have any outbound connection, this is my respond :Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package
ive tried to update repository sources.list with no luck
It should be pretty straightforward, once you know the name of the package you want to install. “apt-get install <package-name>” If you’re not running as root, you’ll need to sudo “sudo apt-get install <package-name>”
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